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Bend Kayak School and Rentals (River Delivery and Full Day Appointments)

Tumalo Creek near Bend Kayak School and Rentals (River Delivery and Full Day Appointments)

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About this river

Tumalo Creek is a 5.0 mile stream near Bend Kayak School and Rentals (River Delivery and Full Day Appointments) in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge M F Tumalo Creek below Prowell Springs, near Bend, OR (site 14070624). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2018 to 2026

Tumalo Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 19 cfs, and lowest in March, at 2.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 80 cfs, in 2022.

Typical flow by month at M F Tumalo Creek below Prowell Springs, near Bend, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January4.21.3 to 7.0
February2.80.8 to 6.2
March2.20.5 to 5.7
April2.40.6 to 6.1
May9.66.0 to 14
June1914 to 26
July169.4 to 19
August117.3 to 16
September6.95.6 to 12
October7.14.0 to 12
November6.43.0 to 10
December5.81.8 to 11

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 8 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for M F Tumalo Creek below Prowell Springs, near Bend, OR (site 14070624). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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